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Mars Rover Curiosity Records 12-Hour Day on Mars from Stationary Position

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com January 3, 2024

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

The Mars rover robot, Curiosity, recorded the course of a day on Mars for 12 hours from its stationary position.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — A few weeks ago, a robot explorer planet Mars NASA’s property was given a break from hard work while the aviation agency waited for the Martian solar conjunction. It is a natural phenomenon that can interfere with their communication.

Approaching the break, explorer Curiosity was placed in the parking lot but the Hazard Aversion Cameras (Hazcams) continued to take photos. In a first for the rover, Curiosity recorded day trip on Mars for 12 hours from its stationary position, capturing its shifting shadow across the landscape as the sun moves from dawn to dusk.

Reported Engadget, Tuesday (2/1/2024), the image was saved until the conjunction ended on November 25.

According to NASA, Curiosity was given instructions to record a 12-hour sequence several days before the conjunction began in mid-November. The idea is to see if it can capture any weather events that might occur.

That didn’t happen, but the images Curiosity took on November 8 are still pretty dazzling. They have been put together in two videos showing views from his front and rear Hazcams.

Curiosity’s Hazard Avoidance Cameras are typically used to help the driver avoid terrain that could endanger the rover. But with the rover parked ahead of its break in duties from November 11 to November 25, the cameras were freed up for a bit of sightseeing.

Curiosity was recorded from its position at the foot of Mount Sharp Mars from 05.30 to 17.30. He and other Mars explorers have resumed their normal activities.

2024-01-02 09:26:26
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January 3, 2024 0 comments

Entertainment

Unsolved Mysteries: Famous Figures Who Vanished or Have Unknown Resting Places

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com October 11, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

People disappearing and dying is a common occurrence, but it’s somehow even more shocking when it happens to a famous person. It’s almost as if their status should grant them additional protection from unfortunate events. However, that is far from the truth. In fact, they are just as at risk as the general population, if not more so, due to their dangerous activities.

Throughout history, famous rulers, adventurers, and artists have died mysteriously or had unknown resting places for their remains. There are numerous historical figures whose bodies cannot be found and whose final resting place remains a mystery.

In this gallery you can read about some of the most exciting cases.

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Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa, a prominent union leader in the 1960s, was the president of the major US union, the Teamsters. Despite his fame, Hoffa’s reputation was tarnished by his involvement in organized crime, which ultimately led to a prison sentence for corruption.

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Jimmy Hoffa

After he was released from prison, he disappeared a few years later. He was last seen at a bar in Detroit, where he allegedly met with two mafia bosses. It is believed that the Mafia murdered him that same day, but his body was never found. Despite various clues, no crucial information could be uncovered, so his final resting place remains a mystery.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The talented Austrian composer died at the age of just 35. In September 1791 he fell ill and gradually became bedridden, suffering symptoms such as pain, swelling and vomiting.

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Wolfang Amadeus Mozart

Despite his desperate efforts to complete his masterpiece “Requiem”, the famous composer died in December without achieving his goal. As was customary at the time, he was buried in a common grave. A gravedigger later claimed that he had buried Mozart and could identify his skull, but examinations of the skull were inconclusive.

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Leonardo da Vinci

The esteemed Renaissance artist moved to France in the last years of his life, where he died at the age of 67. His final resting place is speculated to be the local church in Amboise, but this has proven difficult to confirm.

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Leonardo da Vinci

The Saint-Florentin church was destroyed during the French Revolution and it was decided to demolish and rebuild it. Sixty years later, during excavations, some human bones and a piece of stone with a few letters of da Vinci’s name were found. It is claimed that the church is his resting place, but this cannot be confirmed.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great, an esteemed emperor and conqueror, unfortunately met an unexpected end. At the age of only 33, he fell ill after a large feast and ultimately died. It is believed that his illness was due to either malaria or poisoning. He was buried in a tomb made of pure gold. Needless to say, it was looted until there was nothing left.

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Alexander the Great

Several emperors were themselves involved in looting. According to legend, Alexander’s upper body armor was stolen by the Roman Emperor Caligula, while the Egyptian King Ptolemy IX. had his coffin melted down to make coins. Since 200 AD, the whereabouts of Alexander’s remains have been a mystery, giving rise to various theories that suggest they could be anywhere from Australia to Venice.

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Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller was a successful musician in the 1930s and 1940s and is considered one of the greatest big band leaders of all time. During World War II he joined the Air Force, where his musical skills were very useful. In 1944 he traveled to France so that his band could play for the troops in Paris.

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Glenn Miller

However, his plane never arrived at its destination. Miller, his two companions and his plane disappeared somewhere over the English Channel and were never seen again.

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Vlad the Impaler

Vlad III, also known as Vlad the Impaler, was a leader known for his cruelty. Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was inspired by him. His reputation for being bloodthirsty was the result of the brutal way he dealt with his enemies.

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Vlad the Impaler

Vlad was notorious for displaying his victims’ bodies by impaling them on pikes even while they were still breathing. After his death at the hands of the Ottomans, his head was put on a pike to confirm his death. However, the location where his body rests remains a mystery.

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Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan was another tyrannical ruler, but unlike Vlad, he disappeared of his own volition. He was in his 60s when he died and is believed to have succumbed to long-term injuries sustained in a fall from a horse.

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Genghis Khan

On his deathbed, he insisted that he be secretly buried in an unmarked grave. After the slaves buried his body, they were killed. Subsequently, the soldiers who killed the slaves were also killed. His system must have worked because to this day no one has been able to locate his remains.

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Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra

Cleopatra was the last and most infamous ruler of Egypt, and Marcus Antonius was her famous lover. When their empire fell to the Roman Emperor Octavian, the couple decided to kill themselves. Marcus Antonius stabbed himself with a sword because he thought Cleopatra was already dead.

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Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra

Cleopatra was captured but met a tragic end when she was bitten by a poisonous snake. Historians claim that Octavian allowed Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius to be buried together, although the exact location is not known.

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Harold Holt

In 1966, Harold Holt was appointed Prime Minister of Australia. Sadly, he disappeared while swimming at his beloved beach in 1967 and was never found.

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Harold Holt

Harry Holt’s clothing was found untouched on the sandy beach, but no other evidence of his presence was found. Although he was an experienced swimmer, it is believed that he was swept away by the current or attacked by a shark. His death gave rise to the expression “doing a Harry Holt”, which refers to an unexpected disappearance.

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Oscar Zeta Acosta

Oscar Zeta Acosta, a Mexican-American writer and activist, has been at the center of some controversy. He gained great fame through his friendship with the writer Hunter S. Thompson, who referred to him as Dr. Gonzo immortalized in his famous book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”. In the 1998 film adaptation he was played by Benicio del Toro, with Johnny Depp in the lead role.

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Oscar Zeta Acosta

Those who know the film know that Acosta has a penchant for recreational drugs. During his trip to Mexico, Acosta contacted his son and mentioned his intention to ride on a “white snow” ship. Unfortunately, he then disappeared without a trace. There are various theories about his disappearance, e.g. E.g. possible conflicts with drug traffickers, a fatal overdose or even a targeted assassination for political reasons.

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Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett, a well-known American frontier soldier, has been revered as a folk hero for many generations. Historical records confirm his death during the famous Siege of the Alamo in the midst of the Texas Revolution. However, the exact circumstances of his death and the location of his final resting place remain a mystery.

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Davy Crockett

The people who died at the Alamo were burned by the Mexican army. There is a marble vessel in the Cathedral of San Fernando that is said to contain the ashes of Crockett and various other courageous frontier figures. However, historians doubt that the ashes are actually Crockett’s.

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Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup, an African American man, was kidnapped and forced into slavery. After a long struggle, he regained his freedom and processed his remarkable experiences in “Twelve Years as a Slave,” a memoir that was made into a film in 2013 and won an Oscar.

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Solomon Northup

Unfortunately, this was not a happy ending to his story. He assumed the role of an itinerant orator and disappeared on a trip to Canada in 1857. There is speculation that he was kidnapped again and taken into slavery, or that he was killed because of his anti-slavery beliefs.

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Jean Spangler

Jean Spangler was a prominent figure in the entertainment industry during the Golden Age of Hollywood. On one particular day, she informed her family that she would be meeting with her ex-husband to discuss child support, followed by a night shoot for a film. However, she never returned home. Shockingly, her ex-husband denied he wanted to meet her and it emerged there was no filming planned for that evening.

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Jean Spangler

It appeared she wanted to disappear, but after two days her handbag was discovered near a park. The straps were damaged, suggesting it had been forcibly torn from her shoulder. Despite the efforts of more than 160 people who extensively searched the area, no further evidence could be found. The case remains unsolved to this day. She is believed to have died when she disappeared in 1949, aged 26.

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Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart is perhaps the most famous missing person in the world. She went down in history as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. In 1937, Earhart and her navigator undertook a highly publicized circumnavigation of the world. Unfortunately, they ran into trouble after completing 35,405 km of the planned distance of 46,670 km.

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Amelia Earhart

While flying over the Pacific Ocean, Earhart made a distress call to report that she was running dangerously low on fuel. Despite rescue efforts, communications broke down and their plane was never found. Extensive searches at this time and in the following century did not lead to their whereabouts.

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Amelia Earhart

Her disappearance has captivated historians, scientists, conspiracy theorists and everyday Americans alike. Recently, coroners began to believe they had confirmation that her remains had been found. Does this mean we can finally draw a line in the sand?

Quellen: (Mental Floss) (TV Over Mind)

Also interesting: Unsolved: The most mysterious murders of all time

2023-10-10 23:33:19
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October 11, 2023 0 comments

Business

Apple Releases Emergency Update to Fix Critical iPhone Bug and Protect Against Hackers

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com September 8, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

Apple has issued an emergency update to fix a serious bug found in iPhones that enables hackers to use these bugs to take over your device.

Apple says there are two bugs that allow rogue apps to “execute arbitrary code via some of the privileges allowed in the new vulnerability.”

Announcement

This means hackers can use the apps to target important parts of your iPhone, hacking encrypted apps like WhatsApp, where they can track your movements and watch you.

Apple is reticent to give more details so that the problem is not actively exploited by fraudsters.

These vulnerabilities are called “zero-day vulnerabilities,” meaning that the bug existed and was likely exploited before a fix was available, and it is not yet known what its consequences might be.

But it is possible to correct the vulnerabilities only by updating the phone, and the new update is called “iOS 16.6.1”, so you should upgrade your phone very soon to avoid cybersecurity risks.

2023-09-08 15:22:14
#phone #vulnerable #hacking #due #vulnerability #Apple #releases #emergency #update

September 8, 2023 0 comments

News

Arrest of Russian Espionage Network in Lebanon: Latest Updates and Details

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com August 28, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

With regard to the Russian detainee accused of espionage, the Director General of the Lebanese General Security, Elias Al-Bisari, announced the arrest of a network of two people at Beirut airport who had links with the enemy and were in charge of operations inside. This was after obtaining information from Hezbollah stating that it was “recruited by the Israelis and asked to scout headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon.”

After he tried to reach an apartment in the southern suburbs, Hezbollah informed the security authorities about him, and they stopped him about two weeks ago while he was trying to leave the country at Beirut International Airport, accompanied by his wife and their child. After the Lebanese General Security finished listening to him, he was referred to the military judiciary, which is currently expanding its investigation with him.

The Director of Public Security added, “We interrogated them and referred them to the competent military judiciary,” without revealing the nationalities of the detainees.

The Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted the Russian embassy in Beirut as saying that it was “aware of the arrest of Russian citizens and is taking the necessary steps to clarify the circumstances” surrounding the incident.

It is noteworthy that since the start of the economic collapse in Lebanon three years ago, the security forces have monitored an increase in the number of those arrested on espionage charges.

2023-08-28 16:10:53
#Spying #Israel #Russian #citizen #arrested #Beirut #charges #spying #Hezbollah

August 28, 2023 0 comments

News

Arrest of Russian Citizen Working as Israeli Spy in Lebanon

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com August 27, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

The arrested Russian citizen announced that he had been recruited by Israeli intelligence not long ago, and that he had received instructions to go to Lebanon to investigate Hezbollah facilities, while the occupation media indicated that the security establishment remained silent on this issue.

The Lebanese General Security stopped an Israeli spy cell consisting of a Russian citizen and his wife, while they were trying to leave Lebanon through Beirut Airport.

The news of the arrest of the spy network in Lebanon resonated with the Israeli media, without the occupation security establishment commenting on it or any official entity of the occupation issuing a clarification in this regard.

Or Heller, the military commentator on the Israeli Channel 13, said, “In the security establishment, they do not comment this evening on reports from Lebanon.”

Heller added, “We are talking about a Russian couple, a man and his wife, who were arrested by the Lebanese intelligence and Hezbollah elements while they were trying to travel from the airport in Beirut and board the plane.”

And he continued, “According to reports, the man admitted during his interrogation in Lebanon that he had recently worked for the Israeli intelligence, and asked him to go to Beirut and track down Hezbollah elements, specifically the suburb square.”

The Channel 13 commentator stated that “in the past, many spy networks that were attributed to Israeli intelligence have fallen in recent years, but the security establishment and the Israeli army do not comment on these reports published in Lebanon, neither denying nor confirming.”

Israeli newspapers also reported the news on their websites, and Haaretz reported the news according to Lebanese sources, without adding any details.

As for the Maariv newspaper, it commented that “Israel does not need Russians or other foreigners for espionage.”

Also read: Lebanon: The Islamic Resistance found an Israeli spy device in the south (video)

And the Lebanese General Security announced, on Friday, that it had arrested an Israeli spy cell consisting of a Russian citizen and his wife, while they were trying to leave Lebanon through Beirut Airport, on charges of spying for “Israel”.

The Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, revealed, citing sources, that the arrest “came as a result of cooperation between Hezbollah and the Lebanese General Security, as the party suspected the arrested person who had visited Lebanon during the past days of Ashura, and was wandering around the neighborhoods of the southern suburbs, and upon suspicion of him, he was pursued, and then General Security traced his contacts and place of residence in a hotel, and when he tried to leave Lebanon, he was arrested.

According to the newspaper, the arrested Russian citizen admitted that “he was recruited by Israeli intelligence not long ago, and that he had received instructions to go to Lebanon, and he was provided with maps of places, gatherings, and facilities belonging to Hezbollah, and he was asked to go to those addresses, inspect them, and photograph them if possible.” .

The Russian spy also admitted that he “visited the suburb more than once” and that he was working to “collect data to match it with previous information available to his operators.”

During the interrogation with his wife, she admitted knowing her husband’s work and helping him in his duties.

The newspaper reported that “the Lebanese authorities informed the Russian embassy in Beirut of the matter, to inform it of the nature of the arrest, before the detainee was referred with the investigation records to the military judiciary for prosecution.”

In turn, the Russian diplomatic mission told “Novosti” agency, “The embassy in Lebanon is” aware of the current situation regarding the detention of Russian citizens in Lebanon, and is taking the necessary steps to clarify the detailed circumstances from the Lebanese side.

The embassy added that it “is taking measures, in accordance with international and domestic legislation, for consular access to detained Russian citizens.”

The Acting Director General of Lebanese Public Security, Major General Elias Al-Bisari, revealed a day ago the arrest of a spying network for “Israel” at Beirut airport, stressing that it “posed a threat to Lebanon.”

2023-08-26 21:16:34
#Israeli #media #silence #security #establishment #arrest #spy #cell #Beirut #airport

August 27, 2023 0 comments

World

North Korea Plans Satellite Launch, Prompts Concern from Japan and Allies

by Chief editor of world-today-news.com August 22, 2023

written by Chief editor of world-today-news.com

A statement from Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office said Pyongyang had notified Japan of the planned launch, adding that he had instructed his government to work with the United States, South Korea and other countries to urge North Korea to cancel the launch.

The Japanese Coast Guard said that the “launch of the satellite-carrying rocket” will take place between August 24 and 31, with three vulnerable areas identified as the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the waters east of the Philippine island of Luzon.

Pyongyang tried in May to put what it described as its first military reconnaissance satellite into Earth orbit, but the missile carrying it fell into the sea minutes after launch.

North Korea says it developed the spy satellite in order to strike a necessary balance with the growing US military presence in the region.

The United States, South Korea and Japan condemned North Korea’s launch of the satellite at the time as a violation of United Nations resolutions that prohibit the isolated nuclear state from using ballistic missile technologies.

North Korea’s ambition in the field of satellites

• Analysts indicated that there is a technical overlap to a large extent between intercontinental ballistic missiles and those launched into space.

• North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made the development of spy satellites a top priority.

• South Korea’s intelligence agency informed a parliamentary committee last week that Pyongyang is preparing to launch a satellite either in late August or early September, according to Yonhap news agency.

• It is scheduled, according to the agency, that the launch will take place before the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea on September 9.

• The satellite’s crash in May at sea required a complex South Korean operation to retrieve it, which took 36 days and involved a fleet of rescue ships and divers.

• American and South Korean experts analyzed the recovered parts, as the South Korean Ministry of Defense later reported that the satellite had no military feasibility.

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2023-08-22 01:58:18

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